New food labelling laws clear parliament in response to berry outbreak
date:Feb 13, 2017
can tackle meaningless claims like made in Australia from local and imported ingredients when a product may only be minimally processed in Australia.

The new laws make clear that importing ingredients and undertaking minor processes, like dicing or canning, are not enough to justify a made in Australia claim.

If the new system had applied at the time of the frozen berry scare, consumers would have been none the wiser about the origins of the berries that became a matter of contention, Senior L
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